764 ORCIIIDES. 



ONCIDIUM. 



tum ; labfcllum rnediae tabulae (iK-C lateribus) adnaium! — Planta mihi diu dubia. 

 cum nn ad Oncidia, an nd Miltonins melius ducenda, nescirem ; nunc tandem cum 

 proprio Marie, tiim suadenie ipso iil. Lindley huc ducia, cum utrique nosirum novum 

 genus non siatuissel. — Detecta a nob. de Warscewicz. 



Obs. Eandem specimen, seu valde affinera, jam diu novimus ex herbario Poppi- 

 giano ; sed statu deplorabili. Adsunt icon, specimen, scheda. — Icon profert plantam 

 bipeflalem. Folia stipnntia tria . cuneato oblongo acnia. Psoudobulbus obiongus 

 moiiophyllus, f^olio reliquis foliis aequali. Peduncuhis paulo brevior nudus. spicc 

 binorus, supra florcm superiorera decisus, ebracteatus (Tetradynamarum raore). Flos 

 rxactc idem, quem descripsiraus, sed duplo major ; sepala ac tepala pulchre uudulata. 

 Adscripta haec : ,,DIeibl weg. Dlumen im Herbar zerslort gefunden." — „6'o6r«/ta 

 biflora Ruiz. Pav." (omnia praeter ,.binora** radendo prope desiructa. — ) ,,Diar. hot. 

 N. 1765. Gcnus pone Catleyam cf. icon. bot. Reg. t. 953." Speciraen videtur iconi 

 ^insrrvisse. Pseudobulbus oblongo ligulatus levissime paucicarinatus , nitidissimus 

 cicalrice folii latissima. Vaginae foliorum stipaniium tres. Pedunculi vaginae glu- 

 maceae erectae sex; porlio florida brevis. Bracteae glumaceae tres illis plantae Wars- 

 cewiczii bis terve longiores, scilicct duas pollicis terlias longae. Flos a vermibus 

 prope destructus sepalurum tepalorumque spolia gerit pallidiora aiigustiora. LabcUi 

 — quondam vermibus deliciosi — residua labello plantae Warscewiczianae similia, 

 nervorum rete idem. Folia cuneato oblongo acuta subpedalia, tres pollices lata. 



Scheda haec ofl^ert: „1765. Pone Caileyara. Sca|>us 2—3 flor. Perianlh. ex cinna- 

 momeo flavescens, foliol. undulatis. Labellum sordide purpur. suhrotundum , obcor- 

 dalum , margine anieriore albo limbatum , medio discum incrnssatum vernicosum 

 ferens , appendice propria supra basin adauctura, mediante eodcm cum gynosieraio 

 ad siigraa usque connatum. Gynost. breve, 3 quetr. truncaium. Poll. mass. 2, cereac. 

 cnudicula lineari giandulae stigmatis conicae corapressae aculissimae afQxae." 



Cucbero Febr. 1830. 



Huc includalur : Brassia R. Dr. H. K. ed. 2. V,.215 Lindl. Fol. L Decbr. 1853, 

 Sepala explanala , basi aequalia; laleralibus elonfialis acuminatis 

 saepms catidatis. Pefala conrorinia, sepalo clorsali aeqiialia vel minora. 

 Labellum plan»jm, indivisuiu, cum colunina conlinuum, basi bilamellalum, 

 verrnris saepe anteposilis. Columna nana aplera. Sligma excavalum. 

 Pollinia 2, cereacea, poslice snlcula; caudicula lineari artuala; glandula 

 ovali. Anthera Oncidii. Heibae epiphytae , pseudobnlbosau, Americae 

 lroj)icae. Folia pergamenea, Racemi radicales, simplices. Fiores xan- 

 Uimi, speciosi. 



A genus extremely near Oncidium, from which nothing in reality separates it ex- 

 cept its very sbort, earless column, and enlire hilamellate lip combined wilh elon- 

 gaied lateral sepnls. The inflorescence of Oncidium is bowever usually branched. 

 Ada is readily known by its closed perianth, lip, caudicle, ar.d gland; Miltonia by its 

 auriculaie columa flrmly blended with the base of the iip. 



S. A. Eubrassia. firacts sborl aod iaconspicuous. 



1. Lip quite even. 



2. Lip verrucose. 



S. B. Glumaceae, Bracts long, berbaceoas. 



